Walt Dropo

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Full Name: Walter Dropo	Primary Position: 1B
Height/Weight: 6' 5"/220	First Game: April 19, 1949
Birthdate: January 30, 1923	Final Game: May 17, 1961
Birthplace: Moosup, Connecticut	MLB Experience: 13 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Contents

1 Biography
2 Statistics
- 2.1 Batting Stats
- 2.2 Fielding Stats
3 Transactions
4 Trivia
5 Video Gallery
6 Picture Gallery
7 See Also
8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Walt Dropo (Walter Dropo) was born on January 30, 1923 in Moosup, Connecticut. He made his Major League debut on April 19, 1949 for the Boston Red Sox. In 1950, his rookie year, he hit .322 with 34 home runs and 144 RBI. Dropo played for the Boston Red Sox, Detroit Tigers, Chicago White Sox, Cincinnati Reds and Baltimore Orioles over the course of his 13 year career.

Most people believe that Walt Dropo's best season was 1950, when he slugged 34 home runs, hit for a .322 average and knocked in 144 runs.

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1949	BOS	A	11	41	3	6	0	1	.146	.205	.195	2	0	3	7	0	0	0	0	2
1950	BOS	A	136	559	101	180	34	144	.322	.378	.583	28	8	45	75	5	0	0	0	16
1951	BOS	A	99	360	37	86	11	57	.239	.312	.369	14	0	38	52	0	0	0	0	16
1952	DET	A	115	459	56	128	23	70	.279	.320	.479	17	3	26	63	2	1	2	0	17
1952	BOS	A	37	132	13	35	6	27	.265	.331	.470	7	1	11	22	2	0	0	0	9
1952	TOT	A	152	591	69	163	29	97	.276	.323	.477	24	4	37	85	4	1	2	0	26
1953	DET	A	152	606	61	150	13	96	.248	.289	.371	30	3	29	69	6	4	2	0	22
1954	DET	A	107	320	27	90	4	44	.281	.328	.375	14	2	24	41	0	6	0	0	13
1955	CHI	A	141	453	55	127	19	79	.280	.343	.448	15	2	42	71	2	3	0	8	15
1956	CHI	A	125	361	42	96	8	52	.266	.334	.374	13	1	37	51	3	5	1	2	15
1957	CHI	A	93	223	24	57	13	49	.256	.300	.439	2	0	16	40	0	1	0	2	10
1958	CIN	N	63	162	18	47	7	31	.290	.335	.488	7	2	12	31	1	0	0	0	7
1958	CHI	A	28	52	3	10	2	8	.192	.271	.327	1	0	5	11	1	0	0	0	3
1958	Total		91	214	21	57	9	39	.266	.319	.449	8	2	17	42	2	0	0	0	10
1959	CIN	N	26	39	4	4	1	2	.103	.205	.205	1	0	4	7	1	0	0	0	3
1959	BAL	A	62	151	17	42	6	21	.278	.329	.457	9	0	12	20	0	2	0	0	6
1959	Total		88	190	21	46	7	23	.242	.303	.405	10	0	16	27	1	2	0	0	9
1960	BAL	A	79	179	16	48	4	21	.268	.343	.380	8	0	20	19	1	0	0	0	9
1961	BAL	A	14	27	1	7	1	2	.259	.355	.370	0	0	4	3	0	0	0	0	3
Total	NL		89	201	22	51	8	33	.254	.309	.433	8	2	16	38	2	0	0	0	10
Total	AL		1199	3923	456	1062	144	671	.271	.326	.432	160	20	312	544	22	22	5	12	156
Total			1288	4124	478	1113	152	704	.270	.326	.432	168	22	328	582	24	22	5	12	166

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1949	BOS	A	1B	11	0	0	103	4	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1950	BOS	A	1B	134	0	0	1142	77	15	147	0	0	0	0	0	.988
1951	BOS	A	1B	93	0	0	878	63	12	91	0	0	0	0	0	.987
1952	DET	A	1B	115	0	0	1005	78	12	104	0	0	0	0	0	.989
1952	BOS	A	1B	35	0	0	319	21	2	31	0	0	0	0	0	.994
1952	TOT	A	1B	150	0	0	1324	99	14	135	0	0	0	0	0	.990
1953	DET	A	1B	150	0	0	1260	127	14	121	0	0	0	0	0	.990
1954	DET	A	1B	95	0	0	681	54	3	60	0	0	0	0	0	.996
1955	CHI	A	1B	140	0	0	1101	62	6	104	0	0	0	0	0	.995
1956	CHI	A	1B	117	0	0	855	50	6	95	0	0	0	0	0	.993
1957	CHI	A	1B	69	50	466.1	483	39	7	49	0	0	0	0	0	.987
1958	CIN	N	1B	43	37	322	300	27	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1958	CHI	A	1B	16	12	99.1	98	8	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1958	Total		1B	59	49	421.1	398	35	0	39	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1959	CIN	N	1B	23	9	104.1	103	11	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1959	BAL	A	1B	54	37	355	386	18	4	42	0	0	0	0	0	.990
1959	BAL	A	3B	2	0	4	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1959	Total		1B	77	46	459.1	489	29	4	53	0	0	0	0	0	.992
1960	BAL	A	3B	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1960	BAL	A	1B	67	56	414.2	397	27	3	50	0	0	0	0	0	.993
1961	BAL	A	1B	12	9	69.2	62	6	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			3B	3	0	6	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			1B	1174	210	1831.1	9173	672	84	968	0	0	0	0	0	.992

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by Boston Red Sox (1947).
Traded by Boston Red Sox with Bill Wight, Fred Hatfield, Johnny Pesky and Don Lenhardt to Detroit Tigers in exchange for Dizzy Trout, George Kell, Johnny Lipon and Hoot Evers (June 3, 1952).
Traded by Detroit Tigers with Bob Nieman and Ted Gray to Chicago White Sox in exchange for Leo Cristante, Ferris Fain and Jack Phillips (December 6, 1954).
Claimed on waivers by Cincinnati Reds from Chicago White Sox (June 24, 1958).
Traded by Cincinnati Reds to Baltimore Orioles in exchange for Whitey Lockman (June 23, 1959).
Released by Baltimore Orioles (May 24, 1961).

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